Wednesday’s acrimonious session of Toronto city council, during which Mayor Rob Ford was grilled by councillors over his drug and alcohol use, was “kind of like what they did to Jesus,” according to the mayor’s brother Doug.

During the heated debate Wednesday, the mayor admitted under questioning from his colleagues to buying illegal drugs while in office and council voted overwhelmingly to demand he take a leave of absence (although it cannot compel him to do so). Doug Ford at one point demanded to know which councillors had ever smoked marijuana and Rob Ford proposed drug testing for all members of council.

In Warmington’s Sun column on Thursday, the mayor said the drugs he purchased were not for his personal use and Doug Ford compared his brother’s treatment to a modern-day crucifixion.

Don't ask yourself, what would Jesus do. Rather ask yourself: What would Rob Ford do?

Doug Ford can also “guarantee” the prostitution claims are groundless, according to the Sun.

The renewed interest in Toronto politics since the mayor admitted to smoking crack cocaine “in a drunken stupor” has once again made him a figure of international notoriety, with portions of Wednesday’s council meeting carried live on CNN and elsewhere.

Some Toronto residents have released a video proclaiming the city to be “More than Ford” to counteract the negative press Canada’s largest city has been getting for much of this year, but not everyone is convinced the spotlight on the mayor’s misdeeds is going to hurt him.

According to public intellectual Kevin O’Leary, a businessman and CBC commentator, Ford has built a personal brand that could easily win him re-election — although polls seem to disagree with that assessment.